Backup tapes stolen from university courier

**Glaswegian** · 06-12-2008, 12:49 PM

University of Utah officials have acknowledged that a box of backup tapes containing billing records of some 2.2 million patients was stolen early this month from the car of a courier.

The missing tapes were taken on June 2 from the car of an employee of Perpetual Storage, an independent storage company hired by the university to transport its computer tapes to off-site facilities, said school officials. The tapes contained names, demographic information and Social Security numbers of patients of the University of Utah Hospitals & Clinics health care system.

The health care system has suspended all backup tape deliveries to Perpetual Storage pending a full review of the company's protocols and procedures, said a university spokeswoman.

The spokeswoman confirmed that Perpetual Storage fired the individual involved with the data breach for violating company data security transportation protocols. The driver had been employed by Perpetual Storage for 18 years, she said.

http://www.techworld.com/security/ne...&NewsID=101744

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